Suede
The 50 best albums of 2022
In an unprecedented year of change in music, albums of all genres confounded expectations – from vulnerable rap to pop with gravitas. Listen your way to our No 1 album of the year
Safi Bugel, Shaad D'Souza and Laura Snapes
23, Dec, 2022 @9:59 AM
Suede: Autofiction review – a back-to-basics triumph
A renewed sense of urgency – and enjoyment – pulses through this punchy, passionate comeback
Phil Mongredien
18, Sep, 2022 @2:00 PM
Suede review – secret gig as Crushed Kid is extremely loud and incredibly close
Matching the garage-y sound of their new record to a 300-capacity venue, this show is a euphoric return to basics
Dorian Lynskey
06, Sep, 2022 @9:11 AM
Suede review – a sensory assault for classic LP Coming Up
Brett Anderson climbs monitors and vaults up to high notes in an energetic, irresistible performance of their 1996 album
Malcolm Jack
04, Nov, 2021 @12:11 PM
Suede: how the androgynous indie pioneers gave me pride in my bisexuality
Continuing our series on the artists who had a formative influence on our music writers, Luke Turner relives the naughty, nocturnal, decadent thrills of sex à la Suede
Luke Turner
25, Jan, 2021 @3:00 PM
On my radar: Mat Osman’s cultural highlights
Suede’s bassist and now novelist on TV vampires, German supper-club jazz and the Soho haunt where Hogwarts meets hard liquor
Kadish Morris
29, Feb, 2020 @3:00 PM
Afternoons With the Blinds Drawn by Brett Anderson review – sharp and sensitive
Band dynamics and debauchery share centre stage in the singer’s sharp, honest account of Suede’s rise and fall
Miranda Sawyer
07, Oct, 2019 @7:59 AM
What to see this week in the UK
From Loro to Stealing Sheep, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days
Andrew Pulver, Phil Harrison, John Fordham, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Miriam Gillinson and Lyndsey Winship
19, Apr, 2019 @8:00 AM
Suede review – more stellar than ever in a tremendous primal celebration
Brooding menace and quasi-paganism replace urban sleaze as a feral Brett Anderson gives it his all in a staggering performance
Ian Gittins
14, Oct, 2018 @10:51 AM
Suede: The Blue Hour review – the seamier side of Somerset
(Warners)
Phil Mongredien
23, Sep, 2018 @7:00 AM
Suede: The Blue Hour review – a wild ride into a rural nightmare
The band’s eighth album sees them explore the creepy countryside with a new-found vitality in grand and gothic style
Luke Turner
21, Sep, 2018 @8:30 AM
Every Mercury prize-winning album – ranked!
Following the announcement of this year’s nominees, we run the rule over the 26 albums that have earned the crown, from Klaxons and James Blake to M People and Talvin Singh
Dave Simpson
26, Jul, 2018 @10:45 AM
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